Narayani Zone
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Key facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Time zone
- UTC+5:45 ( Nepal Time )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Gandaki River
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Central Development Region
- Capital
- Hetauda
- Area
- 8313
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- Commons category
- Narayani Zone
- topic's main category
- Category:Narayani Zone
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-09-20
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Encyclopedic overview
Narayani (Nepali: नारायणी अञ्चलListen) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructuring of zones to Provinces, located in the central south of the country. The headquarter of Narayani zone was Hetauda. Narayani Zone is named after the Narayani River which is on the western border of the zone, separating it from the Gandaki and Lumbini zones. Narayani means beloved of Narayan which is Parvati his sister, and Narayan refers to Lord Vishnu (the preserver) in the Hindu religion.
Geography
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